diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 82a613771165d9b73330a613c776de7f2aa14c36..6c137d4e3e86b1ca3aa9c2489827da5fdb351d6f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ stages:
 build:tests:
   stage: build
   script:
-    - echo $BUILD_REF
     - echo "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_SHA" > clmctest/git-commit-ref  
     - python setup.py sdist --dist-dir=build
   artifacts:
@@ -19,8 +18,6 @@ build:tests:
 
 test:
   stage: test
-  dependencies: 
-    - build:tests
   script: 
     - vagrant --fixture=scripts -- up
     - vagrant --fixture=scripts -- ssh test-runner -- -tt "pip3 install /vagrant/build/$TEST_PACKAGE_NAME"
@@ -29,7 +26,7 @@ test:
     - vagrant --fixture=monitoring -- ssh test-runner -- -tt "pytest -s --pyargs clmctest.monitoring"  
     - vagrant --fixture=inputs -- up
     - vagrant --fixture=scripts -- ssh test-runner -- -tt "pytest -s --pyargs clmctest.inputs"         
-  when: manual   
+  when: on_success   
 
 clean:
   stage: clean